Searched around & only found the video fishing & BassMasters threads, i know their are plenty of outdoorsman here, so i figured it'd be cool to draw upon the Planets vast experience in all things fishing.
I only use spincast reels & fish mostly large/smallmouth bass & cats. My choice of reels is quite the source of derision from many people i know 'duffer gear', but i haul in my share of 6 pound bass & 10-20 pound cats on that gear no problem. With a little know-how you can use just about any technique you want to on 'duffer gear'.
Berkley Powerbaits are a big part of my trick bag, the difference between those & regular stuff is night & day. My best action last summer came on Mister Twister scented white curly tail grubs, on one day fishing from shore to a bridge pier, i caught smallies, bigmouths, perch & even 1 carp believe it or not... great day. But my bread & butter is a texas rigged Berkley worm, it'll wiggle through any kind of cover without getting hung up.
With cats i strictly bottom fish, no bobber & bait is just as basic... but its always in 2's to give'em a real treat... a shrimp/with a nightcrawler, liver/chunk of cheese etc. Cats are mostly for night sport to me, time to kick back a lil...
So thats me style, how do the rest of you guys get your fish on? What do you fish for, what do you use? IIRC Missouri's trout season just kicked off, anyone getting anything? [Reply]
Originally Posted by scott free:
What did junior catch that on?
He caught that on a yellow ( not chartreuse) curly tail jig about 1.5 inches long. I was using a two Inch blue and white jig that we always slay em on. So was he. For some reason he changes to the yellow curly tail, and bam!
Then he caught about a 3/4 lb redear, which is a huge redear. Fuck me! Little man pretty much out fishes me now.
I haven't been this ready to get back outside in a looong time, but its gonna have to warm up a bit still.
In the meantime, check out this little gizmo I just found out about, I'll be putting one of these in my bugout bag very soon, a perfect survival type tool...
those yo yos are used for ice fishing. On another note, I'm heading to the White river in AR pretty soon for some spring fly fishin. cant wait. [Reply]
Originally Posted by tooge:
those yo yos are used for ice fishing. On another note, I'm heading to the White river in AR pretty soon for some spring fly fishin. cant wait.
Its handy looking little sucker, set it and forget, freeing you up to do other things.
I am going to be heading to the local pier on Saturday evening for some squid jigging. I've had pretty good luck so far, have about 8 or 9 lbs of cleaned and ready to cook calamari in the freezer but can always use more. [Reply]
Originally Posted by tooge:
those yo yos are used for ice fishing. On another note, I'm heading to the White river in AR pretty soon for some spring fly fishin. cant wait.
It'll be a good time. I booked a Striper guide out on Beaver for my Dad and Father-in-law as their Christmas gifts. March 15th can't get here soon enough... [Reply]
March 16 Redfish and Sea Trout off Hilton Head S Carolina
Headed to British Columbia in July for King Salmon. Cant wait to start fishing plastic worms in farm pond for some hungry bigmouth bass. [Reply]
